Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 85 82
Rank change year-on-year -12 -3 -28
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 2,126 1,669 2,203
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.81% 3.40% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% 3.82% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,426 796 1,297
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,813 £58,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.76% +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £91,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,310 £68,525 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.15% +9.64% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,023 43,711 61,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.11% 89.05% 81.75%
Number of salaries quoted 59,242 24,267 33,446
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,880 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £79,688 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 29 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -20 1,833 £75,000 +3.45% 1,617
UK excluding London -18 1,168 £69,310 +1.15% 839
Work from Home -16 861 £69,310 -0.99% 784
London -18 799 £85,000 +3.03% 972
North of England -48 377 £75,000 +7.14% 271
South East +50 326 £65,000 -7.14% 142
North West -57 206 £78,750 +12.50% 139
South West -7 145 £67,500 +12.50% 87
Midlands -60 107 £75,000 +7.14% 82
North East +9 91 £69,305 +59.78% 45
Yorkshire +9 80 £71,466 +2.09% 89
West Midlands -40 79 £80,000 +14.29% 51
Northern Ireland -24 72 £60,000 +33.33% 78
Wales -15 70 £60,000 +15.38% 23
East of England -44 42 £63,800 +2.08% 52
Scotland -49 34 £70,000 -9.68% 107
East Midlands -69 28 £65,000 - 31
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 44 (2.07%) Confluence
2 28 (1.32%) Apache Spark
3 21 (0.99%) Apache
4 18 (0.85%) CMS
5 14 (0.66%) Camunda
6 11 (0.52%) IIS
6 11 (0.52%) OpenStack
7 10 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.42%) nginx
9 8 (0.38%) WordPress
10 7 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
10 7 (0.33%) JBoss
10 7 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 6 (0.28%) Drupal
11 6 (0.28%) WebLogic
12 4 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
13 3 (0.14%) DNN
13 3 (0.14%) Kentico
13 3 (0.14%) Sitefinity
13 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (0.52%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.47%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.094%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.094%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.047%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.24%) Oracle Retail
3 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.094%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.047%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.047%) Eikon
5 1 (0.047%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.047%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 1,095 (51.51%) AWS
2 903 (42.47%) Azure
3 331 (15.57%) GCP
4 283 (13.31%) GitHub
5 275 (12.94%) Serverless
6 202 (9.50%) SaaS
7 186 (8.75%) Azure DevOps
8 153 (7.20%) AWS Lambda
9 138 (6.49%) Amazon EKS
10 127 (5.97%) AWS CloudFormation
11 125 (5.88%) Amazon S3
12 109 (5.13%) GitHub Copilot
13 96 (4.52%) Azure Service Bus
14 94 (4.42%) Amazon ECS
15 85 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
16 69 (3.25%) Amazon SQS
17 65 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
18 62 (2.92%) Azure AKS
19 52 (2.45%) Azure Monitor
20 50 (2.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.08%) Network Security
2 15 (0.71%) Broadband
2 15 (0.71%) DMARC
3 14 (0.66%) DNS
4 13 (0.61%) VPN
5 12 (0.56%) MQTT
6 10 (0.47%) AMQP
6 10 (0.47%) HTTP
7 7 (0.33%) Internet
8 6 (0.28%) Firewall
8 6 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
8 6 (0.28%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.24%) RFID
10 3 (0.14%) LTE
10 3 (0.14%) NAS
10 3 (0.14%) SAN
10 3 (0.14%) SSL
11 2 (0.094%) DHCP
11 2 (0.094%) OpenVPN
12 1 (0.047%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 318 (14.96%) MongoDB
2 243 (11.43%) PostgreSQL
3 209 (9.83%) NoSQL
4 166 (7.81%) Azure SQL Database
5 152 (7.15%) Elasticsearch
6 118 (5.55%) MySQL
7 107 (5.03%) SQL Server
8 97 (4.56%) Relational Database
9 73 (3.43%) Redis
10 58 (2.73%) DynamoDB
11 47 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
12 29 (1.36%) Big Data
13 21 (0.99%) Data Lake
14 16 (0.75%) Pinecone
15 15 (0.71%) RDBMS
16 12 (0.56%) DTS
17 11 (0.52%) Db2
18 9 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
18 9 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
18 9 (0.42%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 306 (14.39%) Git
2 200 (9.41%) GitLab
3 172 (8.09%) Jenkins
4 73 (3.43%) TeamCity
5 67 (3.15%) JUnit
6 64 (3.01%) JIRA
7 59 (2.78%) Cucumber
8 41 (1.93%) Cypress.io
9 39 (1.83%) Mockito
10 37 (1.74%) Maven
11 34 (1.60%) Claude Code
12 30 (1.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 25 (1.18%) Selenium
14 17 (0.80%) SonarQube
14 17 (0.80%) Spock
15 16 (0.75%) REST Assured
16 15 (0.71%) JMeter
16 15 (0.71%) Postman
17 13 (0.61%) Vite
18 10 (0.47%) Bitbucket
General
1 546 (25.68%) Finance
2 443 (20.84%) Social Skills
3 248 (11.67%) Public Sector
4 210 (9.88%) Banking
5 174 (8.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 160 (7.53%) Law
7 150 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
8 140 (6.59%) Retail
9 91 (4.28%) Financial Institution
10 87 (4.09%) Legal
11 68 (3.20%) Back Office
12 60 (2.82%) Marketing
13 46 (2.16%) Aerospace
14 38 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
15 31 (1.46%) Games
16 28 (1.32%) Legal Technology
17 18 (0.85%) Front Office
18 16 (0.75%) Advertising
19 12 (0.56%) Aviation
20 11 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 766 (36.03%) Developer
2 522 (24.55%) Senior
3 380 (17.87%) Software Engineer
4 368 (17.31%) Lead
5 326 (15.33%) Architect
6 200 (9.41%) Senior Developer
7 195 (9.17%) .NET Developer
8 171 (8.04%) Full-Stack Developer
8 171 (8.04%) Java Developer
9 139 (6.54%) Java Engineer
10 129 (6.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 129 (6.07%) Senior Software Engineer
11 109 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
12 107 (5.03%) Principal Engineer
13 82 (3.86%) DevOps Engineer
13 82 (3.86%) Lead Software Engineer
14 72 (3.39%) Software Developer
15 68 (3.20%) Lead Developer
16 64 (3.01%) Backend Developer
16 64 (3.01%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 535 (25.16%) .NET
2 467 (21.97%) React
3 428 (20.13%) Node.js
4 420 (19.76%) Terraform
5 411 (19.33%) Spring
6 373 (17.54%) Spring Boot
7 324 (15.24%) RESTful
8 302 (14.21%) REST
9 295 (13.88%) Kafka
10 238 (11.19%) ASP.NET
11 232 (10.91%) AngularJS
12 218 (10.25%) .NET Core
13 204 (9.60%) Vue
14 193 (9.08%) ASP.NET Core
15 122 (5.74%) Blazor
16 102 (4.80%) ASP.NET Web API
17 91 (4.28%) HTML
18 89 (4.19%) RabbitMQ
19 87 (4.09%) .NET Framework
19 87 (4.09%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 701 (32.97%) Cloud Native
2 398 (18.72%) Distributed Systems
3 173 (8.14%) Product Ownership
4 125 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
5 105 (4.94%) Legacy Systems
6 84 (3.95%) Onboarding
7 62 (2.92%) Public Cloud
8 57 (2.68%) AI Agents
9 53 (2.49%) Virtual Team
10 46 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
11 45 (2.12%) e-Learning
11 45 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
12 29 (1.36%) Distributed Architecture
13 25 (1.18%) Management Information System
14 22 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
15 21 (0.99%) Algorithms
15 21 (0.99%) Mainframe
16 20 (0.94%) Private Cloud
17 19 (0.89%) Mobile App
17 19 (0.89%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 153 (7.20%) Linux
2 50 (2.35%) Windows
3 32 (1.51%) CentOS
3 32 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (1.03%) Unix
5 10 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.42%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.38%) Android
8 7 (0.33%) AIX
8 7 (0.33%) Debian
8 7 (0.33%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.19%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,165 (54.80%) CI/CD
2 1,027 (48.31%) Agile
3 765 (35.98%) DevOps
4 763 (35.89%) Software Engineering
5 575 (27.05%) Full-Stack Development
6 564 (26.53%) Mentoring
7 504 (23.71%) Event-Driven
8 473 (22.25%) AI
9 459 (21.59%) Test Automation
10 442 (20.79%) Infrastructure as Code
11 432 (20.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 416 (19.57%) Containerisation
13 381 (17.92%) Problem-Solving
14 334 (15.71%) Technical Leadership
15 311 (14.63%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 302 (14.21%) Scrum
17 262 (12.32%) Observability
18 261 (12.28%) Architectural Patterns
19 242 (11.38%) TDD
20 234 (11.01%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 791 (37.21%) Java
2 575 (27.05%) C#
3 510 (23.99%) SQL
4 456 (21.45%) JavaScript
5 422 (19.85%) Python
6 410 (19.29%) TypeScript
7 81 (3.81%) Go
8 58 (2.73%) Ruby
9 45 (2.12%) C++
10 36 (1.69%) Bash
11 34 (1.60%) PHP
12 28 (1.32%) Bicep
13 26 (1.22%) Kotlin
14 25 (1.18%) PowerShell
15 21 (0.99%) Rust
16 20 (0.94%) PL/SQL
17 18 (0.85%) Groovy
18 14 (0.66%) Shell Script
19 12 (0.56%) C
20 11 (0.52%) Scala
Qualifications
1 355 (16.70%) Security Cleared
2 247 (11.62%) SC Cleared
3 172 (8.09%) Degree
4 103 (4.84%) DV Cleared
5 87 (4.09%) AWS Certification
6 84 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 59 (2.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 34 (1.60%) Azure Certification
9 33 (1.55%) CISSP
10 20 (0.94%) CISM
11 18 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
13 15 (0.71%) Master's Degree
14 10 (0.47%) MBA
15 8 (0.38%) DBS Check
16 6 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.28%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 6 (0.28%) PhD
17 5 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
18 4 (0.19%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 231 (10.87%) QA
2 100 (4.70%) Accessibility
3 39 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (1.83%) WCAG
4 29 (1.36%) GDPR
5 22 (1.03%) NIST
6 19 (0.89%) Data Quality
7 17 (0.80%) NCSC
8 12 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 11 (0.52%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (0.42%) GRC
10 9 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 9 (0.42%) ISO 20022
11 8 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
13 5 (0.24%) PSD2
13 5 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 4 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 3 (0.14%) IFRS
System Software
1 608 (28.60%) Docker
2 41 (1.93%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.47%) NDS
4 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.14%) KVM
8 2 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.047%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.047%) Firmware
9 1 (0.047%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 683 (32.13%) Kubernetes
2 118 (5.55%) Grafana
3 109 (5.13%) Ansible
4 52 (2.45%) Prometheus
5 28 (1.32%) Argo
5 28 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (0.99%) Puppet
7 18 (0.85%) Kibana
8 10 (0.47%) Cilium
9 6 (0.28%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.24%) Podman
11 4 (0.19%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.19%) Packer
12 3 (0.14%) Kubeflow
12 3 (0.14%) Rancher
13 2 (0.094%) Microsoft Intune
14 1 (0.047%) Cisco CUCM
14 1 (0.047%) Consul
14 1 (0.047%) Control-M
14 1 (0.047%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 343 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 100 (4.70%) Google
3 72 (3.39%) Oracle
4 53 (2.49%) Splunk
5 45 (2.12%) OpenAI
6 31 (1.46%) Dynatrace
7 28 (1.32%) Okta
8 26 (1.22%) ForgeRock
9 25 (1.18%) IBM
10 24 (1.13%) AppDynamics
10 24 (1.13%) Databricks
11 18 (0.85%) OneLogin
12 15 (0.71%) SAP
12 15 (0.71%) SendGrid
13 14 (0.66%) Adobe
13 14 (0.66%) OpenText
14 13 (0.61%) CyberArk
14 13 (0.61%) Mistral
15 12 (0.56%) Salesforce
16 10 (0.47%) NetIQ